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FAQs
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Sessions are 50 minutes and cost $210.
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Yes. You can see the list of insurers that I work with on my Headway profile. Since I’m licensed across three states (CO, CA, MD), make sure that I’ve covered in the state where you live. Right now, the list includes Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Anthem EAP, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente of the MidAtlantic, Oscar (Optum), Oxford (Optum), and Quest Behavioral Health, but double check on Headway to get the for-certain current version.
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Usually, yes.
If you think we might be a good fit, you can request a free consultation, and we’ll see if the stars align with our schedules (scheduling is usually the hardest part!). -
Most clients begin by meeting once a week.
Over time, as things shift and settle, we sometimes move to every other week or occasional check-ins. I’ve worked with people for a handful of sessions around a specific issue, and I’ve worked with others for years.
There’s no single formula. We’ll find a rhythm that fits both of us.
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One of my clients once asked me this during a consultation, and I loved the question.
Over time I’ve noticed a few patterns in the people who tend to resonate with my approach. Many of my clients are:
thoughtful, curious people who spend a fair amount of time reflecting on their inner lives
people who grew up in families where they had to be the responsible or easy child
adults who look functional on the outside but feel worn out by overthinking, perfectionism, or carrying too much responsibility
people who are open to exploring emotions, patterns, and family dynamics
readers of psychology or self-development books who are looking for something deeper than surface-level advice
I tend to work best with people who see therapy as a collaborative process rather than something where the therapist swoops in to fix everything.
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Many of the people I work with grew up with emotionally immature parents or in families where they took on a lot of emotional responsibility early in life.
As adults, this can show up as:
overthinking and rumination
perfectionism or chronic self-pressure
burnout
difficulty resting or asking for help
feeling responsible for other people’s emotions
identity questions, life direction questions, or relationship struggles
If you’ve spent much of your life being the capable one, the easy one, or the strong one, you may find yourself in familiar territory here.
I also often work with people who identify with the terms adultification, parentification, or “the golden child” inside a family ecosystem.
Another niche area where I've done considerable work is around digestive concerns, primarily people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome because that is a diagnosis that is exacerbated by stress.
Finally, I have an area of focus that I call The Crowded Nest, for parents who thought they’d be empty nesters but have adult kids who have rebounded.
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My work is grounded in approaches that focus on lasting change at the level where emotional patterns actually form.
Much of my work draws from Coherence Therapy, which is closely connected to the neuroscience of memory reconsolidation — the process through which deeply learned emotional patterns can actually update.
I also use:
parts work, which helps us understand the different inner drives or voices that shape your experience
clinical hypnosis, which can allow access to deeper layers of the mind where long-standing patterns live
These approaches share a core idea: the patterns you have today developed for a reason. Rather than trying to overpower or suppress them, we work to understand the emotional logic behind them so your mind can reorganize around something new.
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Coaching and therapy overlap, but they’re not identical.
One lens I sometimes use: imagine your car is giving you trouble.
If the car has slid into a ditch and you need help getting back onto the road, that’s closer to coaching.
If something under the hood needs diagnosis and repair, that’s closer to therapy.
Many people benefit from both at different points in their lives. During our consultation we can talk through what makes the most sense for your situation.
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Yes.
As a solo practitioner, I’m not the best fit for people experiencing:
active suicidal ideation
active self-harm
severe impairment in daily functioning
conditions that require specialized or intensive care (such as eating disorders, bipolar disorder, or certain personality disorders)
I also don’t have the infrastructure (like a 24/7 crisis line) that larger clinics sometimes offer.
If I believe you would be better supported elsewhere, I’ll do my best to help you find the right resources.
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At the moment I’m only offering online sessions via Zoom or my online portal called SimplePractice.
While I sometimes pine for in-person conversations, online work allows me to serve clients in multiple states and gives people flexibility around scheduling.
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I see clients Monday through Friday.
I usually work one or two evenings each week, though availability depends on my schedule and how our time zones line up (I’m typically in the Mountain Time Zone).
If evening appointments are essential for you, it’s helpful to mention that in your consultation request.
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No. I’m not licensed to prescribe medication.
If medication might be helpful, a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, or sometimes your primary care physician can evaluate and prescribe.
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Companion animals can be wonderful supports for emotional wellbeing. However, because I haven’t received specialized training in evaluating animals for this role, I’m not able to provide ESA assessments or documentation.
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I don’t assume that I understand someone’s lived experience simply because we share - or don’t share - certain identities.
My aim is to practice culturally responsive care. That means being willing to talk openly about systems, power, and identity when they’re relevant.
It also means accepting that I will occasionally bumble and get things wrong. When that happens, I try to repair and learn rather than pretend I’m immune from mistakes.
What happens in the first session?
Many people arrive at their first session with some version of the same question floating around in their minds:
“Um…what exactly is this going to be like?”
That’s completely normal.
Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable adults who grew up being the responsible one in their families. Therapy can feel unfamiliar when you’re used to being the person who figures things out on your own.
I spent several years working at an employee assistance program where more than half the people I saw were trying therapy for the first time, so I’ve had a lot of conversations with people who felt a little unsure about what they were getting themselves into.
The first session is mostly about getting oriented.
We’ll talk about what’s bringing you in, what’s been happening in your life recently, and what you’re hoping might change. I’ll ask some questions so I can understand the broader context of your life and the patterns you’ve been dealing with.
You don’t need to prepare anything in advance. Just show up as you are.
How the work tends to unfold
Over time, our work together often follows a loose arc — more of a framework than a formula:
Recognizing
Understanding what’s happening in your life and the deeper patterns underneath it.
Resourcing
Building the emotional stability and support you need before we start exploring more deeply.
Updating
Using approaches like parts work, clinical hypnosis, and memory reconsolidation to help shift emotional patterns that formed earlier in life.
Integrating
Practicing new ways of relating to yourself and others until they begin to feel natural rather than effortful.
We won’t march through these steps in order. Real life doesn’t work that way. Think of it more as a map we refer back to as we go.
What sessions are usually like
Most sessions are conversational, reflective, and collaborative.
At the start of a session we’ll usually take a minute to decide what feels most important to focus on that day. Sometimes we’ll explore something that’s been happening recently. Other times we’ll slow down and look more closely at an emotional pattern that’s been around for a long time.
I often bring tools, exercises, or perspectives into the conversation when they seem useful.
And sometimes we simply follow where the conversation naturally leads. After working with many hundreds of people over the years, I’ve learned that if we stay curious and attentive, the important threads tend to surface.
Occasionally the process feels smooth and insightful. Occasionally we wander into an eddy for a while.
Both are part of the work.
And we’ll find our way through it together.
How is your approach different from traditional talk therapy?
Many forms of therapy focus primarily on helping people manage symptoms - learning coping skills, reframing thoughts, or building healthier habits.
Those things can absolutely be useful. But many people discover that even after gaining insight or learning good strategies, certain patterns stubbornly remain.
You might understand why you overthink, why you feel responsible for everyone, or why you struggle to rest - and yet the pattern still shows up.
The approaches I use are designed to work a little deeper than that.
My work draws heavily from Coherence Therapy and the neuroscience of memory reconsolidation, which focus on how emotional learnings form in the brain and how they can actually update. Rather than trying to override or control a pattern, we explore the emotional logic behind it - the way it once made sense in your life.
When that underlying emotional learning becomes visible and fully understood, the mind often reorganizes in surprising ways.
I also incorporate parts work, which helps us understand the different internal voices or drives that shape your experience, and clinical hypnosis, which can help access layers of the mind that are harder to reach through conversation alone.
In practice, this means our work is less about trying to “fix” you and more about helping your mind reconfigure patterns that were formed earlier in life.
The result is often not just better coping, but a genuine shift in how certain situations feel from the inside.